CVSS 3.0
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2015-8726
wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate certain signature and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wireshark:wireshark